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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 79,176 (+ 2437)
Last Week: 15,671 (+1833)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 43,515 (+800)
Last Week: 6750 (+432)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Opponents Of Gaza Resolution Seek To Nullify Meeting Where Measure Was Approved by Maura Keene
2. Letter: Council’s Resolution on Gaza Flawed and One-Sided by David Sloviter
3. Developer Wants to Donate to Housing Fund Instead of Building Affordable Units by Maura Keene
4. PILOT Payments Offer Pathway for Ameliorating School Budget Crisis by Amherst Sunirse
5. Council Passes Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at Tumultuous Meeting by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

BUDGET
Some Cuts Restored in Regional School Committee Amended Budget by Maura Keene
PILOT Payments Offer Pathway for Ameliorating School Budget Crisis by Sunrise Amherst

CHARTER
League’s Public Charter Review Series Begins This Weekend
Indy Rewind Opinion: The Chamber of Commerce Home Rule Charter Debate by Michael Greenebaum

EVENTS
Spring Equinox Gathering at the UMass Sunwheel
League’s Public Charter Review Series Begins This Weekend
What’s Happening in Amherst?

FEATURES
PILOT Payments Offer Pathway for Ameliorating School Budget Crisis by Sunrise Amherst
Land Trusts And Affordable Housing in Amherst: Ruth Hazzard’s Story by Maura Keene
Photo of the Week: APEA’s March for a Million Dollars by Ali Wicks-Lim by Ali Wicks-Lim

HOUSING
ZBA Approves Permit for Affordable Duplexes on Ball Lane by Maura Keene
Land Trusts And Affordable Housing in Amherst: Ruth Hazzard’s Story by Maura Keene

LIBRARY
Political Cartoon: Parts of a Library by Darcy DuMont and Ira Bryck

OPINION
Political Cartoon: Parts of a Library by Darcy DuMont and Ira Bryck
Public Comment: No Benefits Apparent from Middle School Language Cuts by William Roundy
Public Comment: RJ Program Fosters Empathy, Accountability, and Problem Solving by Shad Ahmed
Public Comment: Why the Delay Moving Forward with Waste Hauler Reform? by Darcy DuMont
Public Comment: Please Deny Permitting for Poured in Place Rubber Surface at New Fort River School  by Maria Kopicki
Letter: Amherst Media Seeks ARPA Funds to Support Construction of New Facility by Jim Lescault
Letter: Open Meeting Law Complaint Before Council Seeks to Weaken Our Democracy by Brooks Ballenger
Letter: Council’s Resolution on Gaza Flawed and One-Sided by David Sloviter
Opinion: Racism is in Our Way by Ali Wicks-Lim
Opinion: Personal Reflections on the Ceasefire Vote by Hind Mari
Indy Rewind Opinion: The Chamber of Commerce Home Rule Charter Debate by Michael Greenebaum
Opinion: Is Nuclear Power Coming Back from the Dead? Not If We Can Help It Say Activists Who Buried Nukes More Than 40 Years Ago by Clamshell Alliance

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
Former Holyoke Firefighter Named New CRESS Director
Public Comment: Please Deny Permitting for Poured in Place Rubber Surface at New Fort River School  by Maria Kopicki

SCHOOLS
Some Cuts Restored in Regional School Committee Amended Budget by Maura Keene
Middle School Principal Finalists: Who They Are and How to Meet Them
Middle School Nurse Claims Transfer to the High School is Retributive by Art Keene
APEA Marching for a Million Dollars (updated)
Public Comment: No Benefits Apparent from Middle School Language Cuts by William Roundy
Public Comment: RJ Program Fosters Empathy, Accountability, and Problem Solving by Shad Ahmed
Public Comment: Please Deny Permitting for Poured in Place Rubber Surface at New Fort River School  by Maria Kopicki
PILOT Payments Offer Pathway for Ameliorating School Budget Crisis by Sunrise Amherst
Photo of the Week: APEA’s March for a Million Dollars by Ali Wicks-Lim by Ali Wicks -Lim

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Middle School Nurse Claims Transfer to the High School is Retributive by Art Keene
Former Holyoke Firefighter Named New CRESS Director
Opponents Of Gaza Resolution Seek To Nullify Meeting Where Measure Was Approved by Maura Keene
Public Comment: RJ Program Fosters Empathy, Accountability, and Problem Solving by Shad Ahmed
Opinion: Racism is in Our Way by Ali Wicks-Lim
Opinion: Personal Reflections on the Ceasefire Vote by Hind Mari

SOLID WASTE
Public Comment: Why the Delay Moving Forward with Waste Hauler Reform? by Darcy DuMont

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Some Cuts Restored in Regional School Committee Amended Budget by Maura Keene
Former Holyoke Firefighter Named New CRESS Director
ZBA Approves Permit for Affordable Duplexes on Ball Lane by Maura Keene
No Violation of Open Meeting Law During Cease Fire Vote by Maura Keene
Opponents Of Gaza Resolution Seek To Nullify Meeting Where Measure Was Approved by Maura Keene
Town Manager Recommends Appointments to Town Committees by Maura Keene
League’s Public Charter Review Series Begins This Weekend
Public Comment: Why the Delay Moving Forward with Waste Hauler Reform? by Darcy DuMont
Public Comment: Please Deny Permitting for Poured in Place Rubber Surface at New Fort River School  by Maria Kopicki
Letter: Amherst Media Seeks ARPA Funds to Support Construction of New Facility by Jim Lescault
Letter: Open Meeting Law Complaint Before Council Seeks to Weaken Our Democracy by Brooks Ballenger
Letter: Council’s Resolution on Gaza Flawed and One-Sided by David Sloviter
Opinion: Racism is in Our Way by Ali Wicks-Lim
Opinion: Personal Reflections on the Ceasefire Vote by Hind Mari
Indy Rewind Opinion: The Chamber of Commerce Home Rule Charter Debate by MIchael Greenebaum
PILOT Payments Offer Pathway for Ameliorating School Budget Crisis by Sunrise Amherst
Land Trusts And Affordable Housing in Amherst: Ruth Hazzard’s Story by Maura Keene
Photo of the Week: APEA’s March for a Million Dollars by Ali Wicks-Lim by Ali Wicks-Lim